Professor
Phone: (208) 426-2121
Email: jziker@boisestate.edu
Office: Hemingway Building, Room 52
John Ziker’s Publications on ORCiD
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A., Anthropology, Arizona State University
Biography
John Ziker was selected to study arctic climate change with a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant starting January, 2022, under the Navigating the New Arctic program — one of NSF’s “10 Big Ideas.” The projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. This interdisciplinary Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security, and resilience of the Nation, the larger region, and the globe. He is also a contributing researcher on a cross-cultural study of social networks and wealth inequality (ENDOW Project). He is also a co-Principal Investigator on an NSF sponsored project investigating the role of social networks in the adoption of innovative teaching practices in higher education
Professional Interests
human behavioral ecology, climate change Anthropology, evolution of cooperation, social network analysis, Indigenous People of Siberia
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses
- Economics and Global Change
- Environmental Anthropology
- Evolution of Human Cooperation
- Kinship, Social Organization, and Networks
- Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
- Medical Anthropology
- Senior Portfolio Practicum
- Social-Cultural Anthropology
Graduate Courses
- Adaptation and Human Behavior
- Economic Anthropology
- Game Theory and Human Cooperation
- Research Designs in Anthropology
- Statistical Methods in Anthropology
